Auxiliary starting device for automobiles.



' J. W. 85 F. JACKSON. AUXILIARY STARTING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.18,1908.

QQLQQfi, Patented. May 18, 1909.

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APPLIOATION FILED DEG.18,190B.

' Patented May 18, 1909.

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J. W. & P. JAGKSGNQ AUXILIARY STARTING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLIUATION FILED DEG.18 .190B.

Patented May 18, 1909,

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JAMES W. JACKSON AND FRANK JACKSON, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

AUXILIARY STARTING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

-,tric spark generating explosive mixture -igniting b l apparatus in common use on automobecond, to provide an auxiliary hydro-carbon starting devicefor automobile starter, the

1* ig. 3, is a front elevation of a porly of exploengines, that will provide a sup 1 of the cylslve hydrocarbon to each and a inders instantly and at the same time, and

that can be operated by the chaufleur from his seat in the automobile. And third, to provide a simple, reliable, positively operat- 1ng,safe, and durable auxiliary automobile starting device. j

We attain these obj ects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in.

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Figure 1, is a plan view of the forward portion of an automobile, showing the engines, and the improved auxiliary starter connected therewith.- Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the I pipes leading to the engines being omitted. I tion of the starter, showing the pipes which lead to the engines. Fig. 4, is a' planview thereof, the said pipes being omitted. Fig. 5,

is avertical sectional view (fullsize) through I the lower ends, of two of the starter cylinders and the auxiliary carbureter which forms the lower part of the starter, showing-also the check valves between the carbureter and eye inders, and those controlling the outlets to the engine. Fig. 6,'is a horizontal, sectional view taken on line 6.6 of Fig. 5 through theauxiliary carbureter, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig.7, is a sectionalview through-the cut-oil valve, which opens or and the engines. tion'al views of the two check valves whlch admit air to the auxiliary carburetor. I

Similar numerals of reference refer to -similar parts throughout the several views.- Referring tothe drawings, the numeral 1,

designatesthe front portion of the frame of,-

Specification of Letters Patent. Applioiitionflled December 18, 190 3.

of which Patented May 18, 1909. Serial No. 463,163.

an automobile; 2, designates the radiator; 3, desigates the dasher of the automobile; and 4, designates the engines.

Our invention is particularly ada )ted to four and six. cylinder automobiles. 0 each cylinder, preferably to its top cylinder head 5; each of these pipes extends to andis connected to a valve 7, which we term the starting valve, containing four independent ports, one for each of the exploeive mixture inlet pipes ofthe cylinders. Each of'these ports registers'with one of the pipes 5, and this valve is also provided with four pipes 8, that extend to a pump connected with a carburater 9. We preferably use a plug valve, although any other'form of valve may be used if desired. This plug valve 7', comprises a casing 10, which is provided with a set of let ports 12. The inlet ports'l 1, each receive one end of one of the inlet pipes 8, and the extend to the engines. The valve 13 of this plug valve is tapering, and is rovided with a valve stem-14, and with. a rand Wheel 15, seated in a tapering or conical seat in the casing, and is provided with four ports, which. are arranged toregister-with the ports 11 and 12 of the casing, so that by turning the hand wheel the ports will all beopened or closed simultaneouslyf The valve 7 is providedwith foot lugs 17, by which it is secured to the outside of the dasher.

tion, which -is provided with foot lus, by which it is secured to the inside of the dasher bottom of this reservoir, we secure one end of a nipple 18, which forms a housing for an air inlet valve 19, referably using the ball type of air inlet and check valve in common use. This nipple casing is provided with an air inlet 20, throu 11 its shell adjacent to its end, and a plug va ve21. is threaded into the end of thocasing and is arranged to close or 0 en this air inlet as desired, by turning this pug valve. This nipple through the bottom of the reservoir and up through it.to near 'its' upper end. We also attach to the bottom of the reservoir portion portion, we connect one end of a small'pipe.

four inlet ports 11, and also a set of four outwithin easy reach of the chaufi'eur. To thealso extends of this carburetor 9, a drip faucet 22, and to outlet ports 12 connect to the pipes 5. that .The carbureter 9 comprises a reservoir porthe side of the reservoir we secure an air ina let valve 23, of a wellknown commonly used type. In order to protect this valve 23 from moving objects, wesecurea tube 24 over it.

In addition to this reservoir portion, this carbureter consists of a set of four explosive mixture pumping cylinders 25, one for each on ine. We preferably arrange these four cy inders to project vertically upward from the top head 26 of the reservoir, which also forms the-lower cylinder head of all four cylinders. Each of these cylinders is provided with a piston -rod 27, and each piston rod is provided with a piston head 28. The piston rods of all four cylinders project above the up er ends of the cylinders, and to the upper ends of all of them a cross-head 29 is secured. To the opposite sides of this cross-head one of the ends of two connecting rods 30 is pivotally connected. The opposite ends of these connecting rods are pivotally connected to a yoke-shaped rock arm 31, intermediate of its ends, which is arranged to straddle the cylinders, and which is pivotally connected at its ends to lugs 32, formed on the upper cylinder head. The cross-bar portion of this yoke-shaped lever is provided with a handle- 33, which is arranged to extend within easy preferablyof the ball type.

I and through reach of the chaufieur, and which when moved reciprocally operates the cross-head and the pistons of the four cylinders simul-' taneously To the bottom portion of each cylinder, we secure an outlet nipple 34, each of which is provided with a spring-operated check valve '34, and to the outer en s of the nip les wesecure the ends of the four tubes 8, that are 1 connected to the starting valve 7. The lower ends of these cylinders are attached to the up er head portion 26 of the reservoir, prefera ly by being threaded to lug rings 35,

this head 26into each cylinder l an air valve nip le 36. is threaded, each of which is provided with an air-inlet valve 37 The explosive gas mixture is drawn into the cylinders through these valves. To the under side of this head plate 26, we secure one end of atube 38, w 'ch depends into the reservoirto close to its bottom end, and surrounds a tubular extension 16, which screws into the upand over this tube a per end of the inlet nip end of the shell of this tu e is provided with a plurality of apertures for the passage of the airthat enters the tube 16 through the air valve into the top portion of the reservoir,

tubular wick 39 isl laced, which engages the surface of the tube. This wick is arranged to depend to i and to preferably bear against the'bottom of the reservoir, and is adapted to be constantly le 18. The upper saturated with the solution that is placed in the reservoir. We use for this other or gasolene solution, preferably ether, as ether makes an explosive hydro-carbon mixture that is more positive,-q uicker, and more reliable in its action, and is not rendered so unreliable and slow to ignite in cold weather as is gasolene air gas. 4

.18 flows into the it about one-third full of from the reservoir to thecylinders, and then grasps the handle of the carbureter, an gives it several reciprocal mowements, whic reciprocate the pistons in the cylinders and suck air into the reservoir valves 18 and 23; the air entering the valve 23 is drawn directly into the top portion of the reservoir, and the air entering'the valve erforated tube, and is drawn or filtered. tli ether saturated wick by the suction action of the piston of each cylinder, and this air be comes highly impregnated with the ether or gasolene, and becomes an explosive gas,

which is drawn through the air check valves 36 in the head. late of cylinders and of thereservoir, into t e cylinder on the u strokes of the pistons, and is held in them y'these air check valves and is forced out of the cylinders into the pipes 8 to the starting valve, and flows through this starting valve through the pipes 5 to each of the cylinders. Having pumped the explosive mixture, the chauffeur operates the sparking device of the automobile, which ignites the explosive gas in some one or two of the cylinders, and starts the engines. The cylinder head 26, is rovided with grooves or passages 40, w ich connect. the carbureter valves 36 with the cylinder valves 34, and when the pistons 28, are down against the ders 25, and the cut-off valve 7 is open, the engines may draw the explosive mixture from the carbureter 9, through these passages 40, thus using the carbureter .9 as an auxiliary, in connection with the regular carbureter. I

Our invention is adapted to cooperate with any type of mechanically operated sparking device, and particularly tothe Pittsfield and Atwater Kent spark generators.

Our invention is simple and very positive, and always reliable when ether is used. as a carbon for the gas.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: i

1. In an auxiliary starter for automobile engines, a reservoir, a pipe leading from said reservoir to each en ine, a valve arranged .to control all of said p1pes, a combustible mixture pumping cylinder mounted on said reservoir, and means including a lever for operating said combustible throughboth air rough the gasolene or bottoms of the'cylin for each en ine for thebiles, comprising an operative hydro-carbon carbureter, a group of combustible mixture pumping pumps attached to said carbureter, said group of pumps representing a pumpifor each engine in sai groupof engines, and each pump being independent-of the other pumps in said group of pumps, an independent pipe extending from each of said pumps to each engine of said roup of engines, and a valve 1 connected to al of said pipes and provided with an independent port registering with 'eachpipe, said valve being arranged to open or close all of said pipes simultaneously.

3. In an auxiliary starting device for the enginesgof automobiles, the combinationwith an automobile and its engines, of a carbureter mounted on said automobile, comrising a reservoir portion, an air inlet valve in the bottom of. said reservoir, provided with a tube portion extending into said reser- 'voir, an air inlet extending into the side of said reservoir adjacent to the upper end of said tube and of said reservoir, an upper head plate to said reservoir, a perforated tube depending from said head plate and surrounding the tubular ortion of said reservoirs lower air inlet vb Y0 and extending adjacent to the bottom portion of said reservoir, a liquid absorbing fabric fitting over said tube, aplurality of operative combustible mixture pump cylinders and pistons,

mounted on said head plate, said plurality of pum ing cylinders and pistons equaling in num erthe number of said automobile engin'es, and provided with combined inlet and check valves extending through said plate into said reservoir, and with combined outlet and check valves, each of said pump; ing cylinders and pistons being independent 40 of each other, a pipe connected to the outlet valve of each cylinder, and each pipe extending to and connected to some one of the engines of said automobile, a valve connected to each ipe and arranged to open or close each an all of said plpes simultaneously, and means including a hand operating lever connected to the pistons of said pumping cylinders for reciprocating said istons in said cylinders and pumping an exp osive mixture 50, from said reservoir through said pipes and their valve to said engines.

4. In a devicecas specified, the combina tion with a plurality of explosive engines, of a pump comprising a number of cylinders corresponding to t e number of engines; a c'arbureter; ,a check valve in each cylinder communicating with the carbureter; ni pies communicating with the cylinders and o eck valves in said nipples; a cut-off valve having inlets and outlets corresponding to the number of engines; pipes connecting the said nip-' pies with the cut-ofi valves; and pipes connecting the cut-off valve with the engines.-

5."In ,a device as specified, the combination of acarbureter; a plurality of pumps,

and means for operating the pumps simultaneously"; check valves connecting the pumps and carbureter; a cut otl valve; nip-- ples on the pum s having checkvalves; pipes connecting t 1e nipples and cutofi and pipes for connecting the cut-ofi' valve with explosive engines.

6. In a device as specified; a carburetor; a plurality of pumps; check valves connecting the pumps and carburetor; and means for operating'the pumps simultaneously; an inlet' tube in said carburetor having acheck valve; a perforated tube surrounding the inlet tube, and connected to the top of the carbureter an absorbent fabric surrounding the perforated tubes; a cut-off valve; nipples upon the pumps having check valves; pipes andpipes leading from the cut-off valve.

. 7.. In a device as specified; a plurality of pumps comprising cylinders, pistons, and piston rods; a cross-head to which the piston rods are attached, and a lever pivotally conconnecting the nipples with the cut-off valve;

nected with said cross-head and with a fixed support; a carbureter; check valves connecting the carbureter and pumps; a cut-off valve; pipes connecting the cut-off valve and pumps and check valves for controlling the communication between the pumps and cut-off valve, and pipes extending from the cut-off valve.

8. In a-device as specified, the combina tion with a carbureter, a plurality of pumps;

check valves which permit ingress from the carburet'er to the pumps; check valves permitting egress from said pumps; and pipes leading from said check valves; of acut-oif valve having inlet and outlctports corresponding to the number of pumps; said pipes being connected with the inlet ports; pipes leading from the outlet ports; and means to open or close said ports simultaneously.

9. The combination in a device as specified, of a carbureter having a perforated tube extending from itsupper end; an air inlet tube extending into said perforated tube, having a check valve; an absorbent fabric surrounding said perforated tube a plurality of pumps upon the top of the care ureter; check valves forming communication between the carbureter and pumps, and a lever for operating the pumps simultaneously; nipples connected with the lower ends of the umps and check valves in the nipples, the ower ends of the cylinders hav ing assageswhich connect the carbureter chec valves, and the pump) check valves, to permit communication etween them, when the pump pistons are at the bottom of the pumpcylinders, and pipes leading from the pump check valves.

10. In a device as specified, the combination with a carbureter; a plurality of pumps; 1 check valves connecting the pumps and carbureter; check valves leading from the pumps; and means for operating the pumps the casing, whereby the ports are openedor simultaneously; of a cutoif valve comprising closed simultaneously according to the pos1 a casing having ports extending through the tion of the plug.

same and corresponding in number to the In testimony whereof we affix our signa- 5 pumps; pipes connecting the pump check tures in presence of two witnesses.

valves with the ports onone side of the cut JAMES W. JACKSON oil valve casing; pipes leading from the ports FRANK JACKSON.

on the opposite side of thesaid valve casing, Witnesses:

and an operating plug on said casing having G. SARGENT ELLIOTT,

10 ports adapted to register with the'ports 1n ADELLA M. FOWLE. 

